Allison
A Norman French diminutive of Alice, so from the Germanic “noble kind.”
Popularity, 1880–2025
Allison appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in 50 different years between 1974 and 2024. Its biggest year was 1994, when 8,150 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 34 nationally. Its best ranking came in 2009, at No. 30. In 2025 it ranked No. 103 for girls. All told, 322,944 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Alison (117,481), Allyson (53,779), Alyson (29,740), Alisson (7,049), Allisson (2,842), Alysson (1,569) (total births since 1880)
Other names that share a story: Alice
Explore Allison interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | No. 1862 |
| 1910s | 145 | No. 1411 |
| 1920s | 227 | No. 1279 |
| 1930s | 236 | No. 1307 |
| 1940s | 680 | No. 705 |
| 1950s | 4,553 | No. 264 |
| 1960s | 16,525 | No. 128 |
| 1970s | 34,158 | No. 66 |
| 1980s | 62,327 | No. 42 |
| 1990s | 74,433 | No. 34 |
| 2000s | 59,966 | No. 30 |
| 2010s | 49,003 | No. 34 |
| 2020s | 16,860 | No. 80 |
Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.